Craig Kallsen, UCCE Farm Advisor, Kern Co. Pistachios, like other nut crops, are ideally grown on deep uniform loam soils, which provide an optimal combination of permeability, water retention and ...

Wasps don't get much recognition as pollinators during National Pollinator Week, June 22-28.But they are pollinators.Following her seminar several years ago to the UC Davis Department of Entomology ...

The UC ANR Fire Network offers programming through our statewide team of Fire and Natural Resource Advisors, Specialists, and staff. Our team has expertise across a wide range of disciplines, ...

A unhappy Ficus lyrata The common name “Fiddle leaf fig” can refer to the “Ficus lyrata” or a “Philodendron bipennifolium”. Quite often the same common name can be referenced to more than one plant, ...

We all know that tomatoes love warm sunny days, ideally daytime temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees. However, when summer temperatures rise above 95, problems with your plants can arise. Above 95 ...

“Water wars! Water is one of THE key commodities in the coming years. There's less and less of it generally available (not that the ocean volumes are changing much) and it's becoming increasingly ...

Just how does compost happen? Nature, as it recycles by decomposition, provides us with garden gold. UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will teach you why it is important to recycle organic waste, ...

From practical irrigation guidance to earth-friendly gardening to growing your own vegetables, our experienced UC Master Gardeners are available to present on a variety of topics to meet the needs of ...

The UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) is a world-class research operation in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley from which flows a steady stream of practical ideas ...

Here at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center (SFREC), we foster and support research, education and outreach programs focused on key agricultural and natural resource themes relevant to ...

The dropping off of a leaf, fruit, or flower. Clusters of soil particles variable in shape, size, and degree of association, such as granules, clods, or prisms, that give a soil its structure. A ...